Latest News Todd Sucherman – Interview + All Drummers “Maybe I’m Amazed” Cover & Todd’s Ode to Pearl Drum Solo – 4/12/21 A Look Back to 2020- Cindy Blackman Santana’s ‘Give The Drummer Some’ – Album Review – April 11th, 2021 The Dave Weckl Band Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival 2019 – Album Review – April 9th, 2021 THE ARISTOCRATS’ NEW LIVE ALBUM “FREEZE! LIVE IN EUROPE 2020” Brian Tichy – Interview +“I’m the One” by Van Halen – Play Along & Lesson Video! Yoyoka Soma – Hit Like A Girl Spotlight – HLAG 2018 Contestant & 2021 Jr Global Ambassador – 4/4/21 Steve Gadd Band At Blue Note Tokyo – New Live Album Review – April 3rd, 2021 A Look Back – Thomas Lang’s ‘ProgPop’ Album Review (Video Lessons Attached!) Magazine Features On The Cover Current Issue New York Jazzer Jimmy Macbride Interview by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photo by Yuki Tei Drum Wisdom: Jim Mola Article by by Keith Carne | Photos by John Fell Russ Kunkel – The Song Server Article by Jeff Potter | Photo by Joel Bernstein Foreigner’s Dennis Elliott by Robin Tolleson Peter Criss on Peter Criss by Billy Amendola Rick Marotta by Billy Amendola Heart’s Michael Derosier by Patrick Berkery What You Need to Know About Bass Drum Heads by Michael Dawson Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 28: Narada Michael Walden & Dominique McDowell. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 27: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Rick Astley The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 26: Narada Michael Walden & Gary Husband. Ringo Starr Pop Up Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 25: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Gerald Heyward The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 24: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Part 2 The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 23: Narada Michael Walden & Lenny White. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 22: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Magazine Education Off The Record Blake Richardson on Between the Buried and Me’s Automata, Part 1 by Willie Rose Play It Now Must-Know Grooves – Disco, a Drumming Staple of the 1970s by Jim Riley Rock 'n' Jazz Clinic Five-Note Phrasing – Part 2: Adding More Tension and Release by Marc Dicciani Rock Perspectives Introduction to Polyrhythms by Aaron Edgar Concepts Do I Need a Fallback Plan? by Russ Miller Magazine Reviews & Gear Turkish Cymbals Lale Kardeş Signature Series Van Kleef – Ageless Collection 4.5×14 Snare Keith McMillen Instruments – BopPad Techra – XCarb Drumsticks Gearing Up - Dashboard Confessional’s Ben Homola New and Notable - New Drum Gear From Tama, Remo, SJC Custom Drums, apulSoft, U.S. Drum Supply, Basal, and Vater! Modern Drummer Featured Products Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 2 - Alex Van Halen Book Bundle | $0 Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 1 - Neil Peart Book Bundle | $0 All Access Subscription | $95.88 Magazine Columns An Editor's Overview A Year in Transition by Michael Dawson Readers' Platform What’s Your Favorite 1970s Jazz or Fusion Drumming Album? Out Now Dafnis Prieto on the Dafnis Prieto Big Band’s Back to the Sunset Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Henry Lopez On Tour Diego Arcaute with Juana Molina Article by Adam Budofsky | Photo by Mariko Miura Critique Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Mike Mangini with Into the Great Divide, Legend of the Seagullmen with Danny Carey, and more In Memoriam Ben Riley, Pat Torpey and Z’EV Backbeats 2017 Sydney Vintage and Custom Drum Expo Story by Bob Campbell | Photos by Michael Zaluzny Kit of the Month Bubinga Behemoth
